Introduction

In this blog, you will see how to delete an Azure Storage Account using PowerShell.

Prerequisites:

Install Azure PowerShell Module to run the script.

PowerShell Script:

Open Notepad and paste the following script. Save the file as script.ps1.

  1. ################# Azure Blob Storage - PowerShell ####################
  3. ## Input Parameters
  4. $resourceGroupName="azpractice"
  5. $storageAccName="azstorageacc1132020"
  7. ## Connect to Azure Account
  8. Connect-AzAccount
  10. ## Function to delete a storage account
  12. Function DeleteStorageAccount
  13. {
  14. Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Deleting the storage account.."
  15. ## Check if storage account exists
  16. if(Get-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name $storageAccName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
  17. {
  18. ## Delete the storage account
  19. Remove-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name $storageAccName -Force
  20. }
  21. else
  22. {
  23. Write-Host -ForegroundColor Magenta $storageAccName "- storage account does not exist."
  24. }
  25. }
  27. DeleteStorageAccount
  29. ## Disconnect from Azure Account
  30. Disconnect-AzAccount
Open a Windows PowerShell window and navigate to the location where the script file was saved.

Run the following command.

.\script.ps1

Result:

The storage account was deleted successfully.

Reference:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/az.storage/Remove-azStorageAccount?view=azps-3.3.0

Summary:

In this blog, you saw how to delete an Azure Storage Account using PowerShell.